Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.

From Microsoft Office System 2013 STIG

Part of DTOO201 - Connection permissions verification

SV-52750r2_rule Connection verification of permissions must be enforced.

Vulnerability discussion

Users are not required to connect to the network to verify permissions. If users do not need their licenses confirmed when attempting to open Office documents, they might be able to access documents after their licenses have been revoked. Also, it is not possible to log the usage of files with restricted permissions if users' licenses are not confirmed.

Check content

Verify the policy value for User Configuration >> Administrative Templates >> Microsoft Office 2013 >> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" is set to "Enabled". Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following hive: HKEY_Users For every users profile hive under HKEY_Users, navigate to the following key: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\common\drm Criteria: If the value “RequireConnection” is REG_DWORD = 1 for every user profile hive, this is not a finding.

Fix text

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2013 -> Manage Restricted Permissions "Always require users to connect to verify permission" to "Enabled".

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